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Alonzo Tucker was a bootblack (shoeshiner) in a barbershop, a boxer, and he owned a gym in Coos Bay, Oregon. The 1900 census listed 36 Black people living in Coos County. On September 18, 1902, the only lynching ever to be documented in Oregon occurred in Coos Bay, of Alonzo Tucker. He was accused of raping a white woman and escaping from jail.
Coos Bay (Coos language: Atsixiis) is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend , and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or Oregon's Bay Area. [7]
Joanne Verger (July 19, 1930 – September 22, 2023) was an American politician. An Oregon Democratic, she the first female mayor of Coos Bay, the largest city on the Oregon Coast, serving four terms. [2] She served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004, [3] [4] [5] and was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 2004.
Camp Castaway was a military encampment at what is now Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. [1] [2] [3] It was established by the survivors of the wreck of the Captain Lincoln, a U.S. transport schooner, on January 3, 1852. [4] The ship began taking on water during a storm while en route from San Francisco to Fort Orford at the town of Port Orford. [5]
The World, Coos Bay, Ore. May 22, 2024 at 12:42 AM Oregon State Police (OSP) responded to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 101, near milepost 250, at approximately 4:35 p.m. May 13.
A map of Coos Bay, with key locations labelled. This map is based on figure 1.20 from Rumrill, (2008). "The Ecology of the South Slough Estuary: Site Profile of the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve." Coos Bay is an estuary where the Coos River enters the Pacific Ocean, the estuary is approximately 12 miles long and up to two ...
Although exploration and trapping in the area occurred as early as 1828, the first European-American settlement was established at Empire City in 1853 by members of the Coos Bay Company; this is now part of Coos Bay, Oregon. Coos County was created by the Territorial Legislature from parts of Umpqua, and Jackson counties on December 22, 1853.
Shore Acres State Park. / 43.323672°N 124.38192°W / 43.323672; -124.38192. Shore Acres State Park is a state park 13 miles (21 km) south of Coos Bay in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] It is one of three state parks along the Cape Arago Highway, which runs along the Pacific Ocean west of U.S. Route 101. Sunset Bay State Park is about 1 ...